NGC3628

NGC 3628

NGC3628 is a giant spiral galaxy seen nearly edge on from the Earth.

It lies at a distance of about 35 million light years and is about 100 thousand light across, about 50% smaller than the Milky Way.

This image was taken over a period of 5 nights with the MX716 and the 16" telescope. It is a total of about 15 ten min lum images and 1 ea, ten min RGB images.

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Leo Galaxy Group

This wide field image was taken with the 4" Astrograph
and shows NGC 3628 in context with two other prominent
sprial galaxies in Leo.

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